Posts tagged with Brazil
December 3, 2010 | New Events | 
by Contributions |
I was lucky enough to be invited to Sydney’s Smirnoff Nightlife Exchange party, where Brazilian nightlife from Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro was joyfully brought into Sydney for a big crowd of competition winners. The party featured Brazil’s best, including electric performances from the samba sounds of Rhythm Brazil, before the dancefloor exploded with Bonde do Rolê blasting the crowd with incredible energy and catchy beats. When Rolling Stone picked Bonde do Rolê as one of ten bands to watch as far back as 2006, they were onto something. Read more
October 23, 2010 | Cool Travel | by This Island Life |
If you’ve ever thought about trading everything in to go and live in a hut on a beach somewhere, then you need to read on. Close your eyes and imagine a place worth relocating for, a place where you could truly embody the South American’s passion for life; somewhere where you wouldn’t let life pass you by in a blur of back-to-back meetings and traffic jams. Open your eyes to Pousada Água de Côco. Read more
August 10, 2010 | New Events | by Vivian Mocellin |
A high-energy urban arts scene is emerging in Brazil’s biggest metropolis, making the ‘concrete jungle’, as the city is known, one of the ‘coolest’ places in the world right now. Exploring the relationship between art, architecture and skate, the Matilha Cultural Gallery (Cultural Pack) in the center of São Paulo is hosting the exhibition, Destroy and Create, until September 3. Read more
June 18, 2010 | New Film | 
by Xavier Toby 
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Kidnappings, murder, high level corruption and ear reconstruction are all part of life in Brazil’s Sao Paulo. The best documentaries cover all angles of a story, and here, nobody has been left out. The police, the government, potential victims and actual victims, a kidnapper, along with a plastic surgeon, the guy who makes bullet proof cars, and a frog farmer all get screen time. It’s a fascinating look into the endemic corruption that’s part of Brazil’s government, and the way the poor are driven to crime. Read more
May 11, 2010 | New Products | by Gerry Mak |
Brazilian designer Mauricio Arruda created these environmentally friendlier storage units that are fitted for the plastic storage crates found in Brazilian markets rather than wooden drawers, thereby requiring less wood and allowing owners to reuse old crates in a more aesthetically pleasing way.
May 10, 2010 | New Products | by Eat. Sip. Chew. |
As a baker by trade, these Toast It bread shaped trivets from the Brazilian design studio, Oiti, have resulted in immediate clambering through Google Search in an unsuccessful attempt to make these my own. Looking more like a delicious Loaf made up of perfectly sliced and packaged Whole Wheat, the temptation is strong to top them with butter and jam instead of a cup of tea. Anyone interested in a breakfast of Tea and Cork? Read more
April 26, 2010 | New Photography | by Gerry Mak |
Brazilian photographer Gabriel Wickbold’s kinetic, color-saturated images are incredibly sensual, grotesque, and simultaneously fantastical and hyperreal. Read more
January 11, 2010 | Cool Travel | by Jessica Parra Nowajewski |
Paraty is a small town in the Costa Verde, midway between Rio and Sao Paulo. The city has a beautiful historic center, very well preserved colonial buildings, and stoned streets — testimony to the golden Portuguese time, when the gold from Minas Gerais was transported to the port of Paraty. In “exchange”, stones arrived via the Portuguese ships. At the east side of the historic center are two beaches and the fort, which are the main attractions. Jabaquara beach is calm and has a lot of kiosks where you can drink Cachaza, the liquor produced in the zone. Just 45 minutes from Paraty is Trindade, a place to chill out, with endless sunshine and great beaches. [Photos by Jessica Parra Nowajewski] Read more
January 6, 2010 | Cool Travel | by Jessica Parra Nowajewski |
A quiet life, good prices and an amazing view of Rio. The sunset is wonderful, and in the afternoon, people meet at the bars on the sidewalk to the rhythm of local samba bands. Icarai beach is beautiful but polluted (though splendid beaches can be found on the Atlantic side of Niteroi). Yet, every Sunday morning, Icarai is full of people walking, running, dancing and drinking Agua de Coco (or coconut milk). [photos by Jessica Parra Nowajewski] Read more
December 18, 2009 | New Fashion | by Casper Johansson |
Brazilian footwear designer Andreia Chaves blurs the line between art and fashion with her eye-breakingly unique series of shoe designs. Of her work, she says: ‘The fact that I grew up in a chaotic city like Sao Paulo, full of contrasts, being in contact with such diversity and constant exposure to different visual inputs, has inspired me in how I conceptualize my shoes. I can clearly see influence coming from my South American sense of versatility’. Read more
September 17, 2009 | Cool Websites | 
by Casper Johansson |
Os Mutantes were formed in Sao Paolo, Brazil, in 1966 by Sergio Dias and his brother Arnaldo, who blended their love of English rock n roll, culled from shortwave radio broadcasts, with American psychedelic in the spirit of Jimi Hendrix and traditional Brazilian music to create an entirely new sound to match an equally turbulent time in Brazilian history. The recent release of their latest album, Haih, marks the band’s first recorded material since 1974 and their first album to receive a worldwide release. We checked in with Sergio and asked him to tell us about the musical influences that inspired the new recording. He started off with the Stravinsky epic, The Firebird [listen below]: ‘It’s just so beautiful. It’s a study of how to develop a melody and pushes the envelope in all directions. It’s constantly evolving all the way through’. Read the rest of Os Mutantes’ Secret Playlist.
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August 11, 2009 | New & Cool Architecture | by Casper Johansson |
Located in the teeming surrounds of small town Brazil, the world’s narrowest urban house somehow fits a couple of bedrooms, a kitchen and a laundry room. Only thing is that you practically have to diet to get through the front door.
June 19, 2008 | Cool Travel | by Andy Boyd |
One of the things that hotels, and international hotel brands in particular, are often criticised for is a lack of identity, the feeling of being somewhere but nowhere simultaneously. However, this doesn’t have to be the case. One of the emerging trends in the industry is the personalization of hotels around a style or a theme, so feast your eye on 7 of the coolest and most individual themed hotels from around the world! Read more
June 10, 2008 | New Music | by Francis Andrews |
SoundAffects: Brazil — a double CD release — is a nice little way to kick-start the European summer (or drag it out, depending on your coordinates). UK-based charity Bottletop have teamed up with Mr Bongo Recordings, roped in the likes of Fatboy Slim, Get Cape Wear Cape Fly and Adam Freeland, and delivered a sizzling platter of Brazilian standards and remixes. Read more
May 20, 2008 | New Illustration | by Zolton |
The work of Brazilian illustrator Pedro Franz is so vibrant, so enticingly positive, that I want to just reach in and borrow a bit of the color to help brighten my coffee-deprived New York morning. Read more
James Unsworth creates beautiful but grotesque, interesting yet idealist drawings, all of which taps into your crazy side. Read more
The great thing about Lionel Ritchie is that, as his music has aged, so too he’s become the definitive symbol for queasy cultural kitsch. Commodores be dammed. We prefer Hello era Lionel, pouty hips and all.
The Hatton hotel epitomises Melbourne cool. Those who value design, location, and luxury will find The Hatton the perfect Melbourne base. Read more
Square America is a photo blog that’s sort of like Found magazine, but with more rhyme and reason. The eerie, antique photos are organized by theme, subject matter, and even the ways in which time or lens imperfections distort the images. Read more
Skeletonbreath pound out some pretty raging post-punk anthems with a violin taking the lead rather than a vocalist. The trio can get surprisingly loud, despite frontman Robert Pycior’s classically trained virtuosity.
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This kind of clever visual punnery is clearly what the heel was made for. Bravo! Read more
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A tribute to the movie trilogy Back to the Future and that childhood fantasy, the Hoverboard, and designed in the style of a vintage comic book ad that promises the earth but delivers very little, this sexy five colour screen printed t shirt is by New Zealand-based label Cuppa t shirts. Read more
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